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n'From the effect of exposure at one time fifty men were on the siek list. a.On October 2*2, our regiment completed tl a march of 120 miles, in eight days. We Is tramped through rice fields in mud, wa- a: tor and rain* The object of that march was to capture and take a town called ii “San Francisco De M3Llabany, • cjuile a p name, is it not? Well, at this place we d fought over two hours. It was south lino and headquarters for the Filipinos, T consequently it was strongly guarded. st I almost failed to remember, but you tl say you are eighteen years old; well, I \i ani twenty-one and a 1mlf. You have st bro-wn eyes; mine are light brown, and tl you have golden hair: that is the kind tlt; of color I like, but niv hair is dark an- tl burn and my mustache the same color, fci Iy you send me your picture I promise to send you mine. T will have some taken tl as soon as T enter Manila again, but I do t( not know when that will be.Write and tell rue what part of the oJ cots you work on. I must say it is easy i to lay on them after laving on the a.i ground for four months, and it is almost li like a feather bed'to me alter sleeping on nothing but old mother earth for such a Cl long time. - is1 hope you will answer this let lor and C not treat it as a piece of folly to -write back, fur you do nut know how we boys n: love to hear from the states, no matter s* haw short a letter may he. Yon know, S| it kikes thirty days from “Frisco before di our mail reaches Manila; Ltien it is from hi eight to ten days before it reaches us.What sort of a place is Unit where vou tl live? Is it Jarge or is it small? wI have a cousin who is a hiuaidan, and who plays the'violin. Ah present he is ^ playing* at tlie Fountain Spring hotel, hi about thirty miles from Milwaukee. Ft is h. name is Richard .'Peters, O.ilavfi you any brothers or aistcrs?At present 1 ran hear cm engagement between Co. K of the Thirteenth and the tl natives. Jt is nice to sometimes hear ('1 the bullets sing over your head arid alt aroiuid you, and every lime you hear fJ one cravk you think you are. hit. for tc some of their bullet* ex pi rule when Ihev are only a few feet nwuy. 'That makes ^ a. shuip crack pretty near you- f*Well. I must close now Florence: mar* s.I not call ytm by that name: it sounds ^ hotter than -Miss “so and so, and it makes it easier,1 hope you am m good heali.li: I have lli . been feeling imusually good (he last few days. I guess it is the cot Miak docs it. *-Tfcreo months ago I was wounded at Ltw ei Pinas. Tint injury was a: slight (tesh ^wound and I did not even go to Urn lias- '#pital.WoLI. good-bye, now hoping I will bo P1 favored with an answer to my letter, I ^ remain, if you will let me, a true friend.Address —------. hCo. loth., Ik S. In fan try, **cManila, P. f.t:IIIluP. Sh—-This led Lor ls scaled with a, kiss. SlIVI think you have a pretty name, don't-you? 01frwG ood • b v’o*4P. .Since writing Mi is letter I have had considerable marching and Liu*, other Bl envelope became soiled, as I had no ^ chancer to mail, tinli; lo dav, 'Decani her 01 10. 1800 at Pagupau. Fine weather here. ei: Fighting i.-i almost over. *lstidlftJl PuftY! flu UfDITCC f-1
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Racine Daily Journal
Racine, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Feb 15, 1900
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